Lesson 5: The Design of Our Body

Look at the Design of the Human Body. This could not have happened by chance.

 > The kidneys contain approximately 280 miles of tubes and filter 185 quarts of water and blood a day.

> The heart pumps 5,000 gallons of blood a day. It beats approximately 100,800 times a day or 2 billion 500 million times in an average lifetime.

> The human skeletal structure is light and flexible yet can withstand enormous stress.

> The eye has automatic aim, focus, and aperture adjustment. It provides color and 3-dimensional images and can function in darkness to bright light and makes 100,000 motions in a day.

> The body replaces over 1 trillion cells in a day.

> The lining of the digestive tract is replaced about every 2 days.

> The body makes 2 to 10 million blood cells every second. If you lined up your red blood cells end to end they would go around the equator of the earth four times.

> The lining of our skin is exchanged about every 2 to 4 weeks. We shed about 40 pounds of skin in a lifetime.

> There is enough DNA data in a single human cell to fill an encyclopedia volume. And just as the words and letters in an encyclopedia volume are arranged in an intelligent pattern, the DNA in a cell is likewise perfectly formatted and constructed in an intelligent pattern.

> Our most sophisticated computers are no match for the human brain. The brain stores so much memory data that by the age of 40 it would take the Empire State building full of computers just to store the same amount of information.

 To say that all these intricately designed features in the universe and human body happened by chance has the same "chance" of happening as if a tornado could race through a junkyard leaving behind a perfectly formed Boeing 747.


It is illogical to say our bodies evolved over millions of years because by their very design they must be fully functioning from the beginning or it would spell certain death. For instance, what good would half a lung be? How about half of an eye or half a liver or maybe half of a heart?

People of God, how much money could we save if we could get scientists to admit what they are already finding out the hard way, that God is Real? How much pain and heartache could people avoid if they would apply faith and reason and see that God not only exists, but that He will faithfully reward those who seek Him?

Hebrews 11:6 - "And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who seek Him."

You might ask, "Does knowing something as basic as the fact that God is Real really help alleviate the pain and suffering in the hearts of people worldwide?" Yes, because knowing the Truth sets us free to know Him better.

This is the awesome message we have the privilege to tell others: "God not only exists, but through Jesus Christ you really can have an intimate personal relationship with the Creator of the universe!" But if the world is ever going to believe our message, then we believers must stop acting like practical atheists and start demonstrating by our lives that yes, wonder of wonders, God is Real!

* How have you experienced God’s assurance that you were created rather than formed by chance?